Coins 2 Continue S1E12 | A Wild Woke Dev Appears! ? The Blind Box Network blindboxpodcast.com Roy van der Schilden, our lead writer, was invited to do a podcast with the Coins 2 Continue crew! Great conversation about some very important things. Main Topics Diversity in games Improving the games industry Racism in the gaming … »
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Herald journeys into the heart of injustice and oppression
Herald journeys into the heart of injustice and oppression How effective is this historical adventure? www.polygon.com Herald journeys into the heart of injustice and oppression Polygon gave Herald a nice feature with their thoughts on the game! Haven’t tried Herald yet? Herald: Book I & II is available on: Steam | GOG | Humble Store … »
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Identity Crisis – Playing a mixed heritage character in a modern day video game
Identity Crisis – Playing a mixed heritage character in a modern day video game Having been born in the UK but raised in an Indian family, I’ve never really considered myself anything other than British. I mean, British is my nationality, even though I have always been proud of my Indian heritage and culture. www.linkedin.com … »
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Dutch videogame maker aims to confront his country’s colonial past – Kill Screen
Dutch videogame maker aims to confront Europe’s colonial past – Kill Screen killscreen.com Killscreen interviewed us about Herald. 😀 This article gives a pretty in-depth look into what inspired us to develop the game – and the messages we want to convey to the people who play it.
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The Mary Sue Interview: Roy van der Schilden and Aïda de Ridder on Herald, Colonialism, and Cultural Identity
www.themarysue.com For Herald, we were interviewed by The Mary Sue! Also, we’ve scheduled a 4 hour timed push, starting on Saturday, 23 May, at 20:00 (8:00PM) CEST. Help us spread the word through Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr to create a huge surge of Herald related posts in those hours. Share our posts and make your … »
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Herald is a voyage into racial divisions Taking inspiration from the theater, Wispfire’s historical adventure tackles modern concerns. www.polygon.com Interested in how Herald came to be? Check out this amazing feature we had from Polygon!
Read more »Gamasutra: Nick Witsel’s Blog – How history and society can inspire narrative design.
How history and society can inspire narrative design. How history and society serve as a meaningful basis for choice-based narrative design. gamasutra.com Nick Witsel, who does our marketing and helps with the narrative design for Herald, wrote a post about some of the underlying inspirations of our game’s themes.
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